Pick Your Day

Every morning when I wake up, one of the most important decisions I make in the first five minutes is 'what coffee cup and I going to drink out of today?'. Picking the right coffee cup is an important decision. I can pick my usual white cup that holds enough, but I may have to refill more often, or I could pick one of the cups I bought on one of my many vacations. But usually I pick a really big coffee cup, so refill is minimal. Pouring with equal parts of powder cream and sugar, I am ready to start my day!!!

Picking the right coffee cup is important, but the very most important decision I make every morning, is whether I am going to have a good day, or a bad day. This is one of the most important decisions one can make everyday. Especially, when it is mid-week, and I am teaching and Friday can not come soon enough, I have to literally tell myself that today will be the best day of my life. I expect something good to happen that day. And usually what is good about that day, is nothing really, really bad happens!

I've been realizing more and more lately that the reason God allows us to wake up and see the sun for another day is because He wants to use us. God gives us another day, so that we may help further His kingdom. And if that is the case, I have to say its going to be a good day, because it will be. Being positive about the day ahead, makes it easier for God to use us in the day that He gave us. 

As I started to say that every morning, I realized that I would become expectant of something wonderful happening, and it made my day so much better. I would focus more on the positive things that happened that day, I would not be so stressed, and I would just enjoy my day. 

I started reading Daniel today. God really used him in some powerful ways. Daniel was put through some hard times as a result of a vain ruler, but he continued to believe God was the god that had a plan in place and was using him every part of the way. I've haven't read the whole book yet, and I'm quite sure that Daniel wasn't happy-go-lucky his entire life, but I do know that he allowed God to use him, and was willing to serve God everyday. 

My life inedibly is going to change drastically, when looking at the changes that are going to happen and me living on my own. I could have the mind set to focus on the negative. For example, more bills to pay, and realizing that I will have to do more things on my own. But I really haven't thought about those things much because I am excited about the new changes that will happen in my life, and the lives around me. I have made up my mind that this is going to be the best time in my life. I can't help but think that I have really trained my mind to become more reliant on God and have realized that the unknown of the next day or the next year is going to be a great one. I don't have to worry about my own ability, because my own ability isn't strong enough without God. 

So today will be a GREAT day and I'm excited about it!